soap prices

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Leaves

Hello, I thought I would throw my two cents worth in on soap prices. I sell

soaps and lotions to several different businesses and they always double the

price I charge them. I sell my soap for $ 2.80 a bar and I really don't realize

that much profit from them. People come in and see the soap marked at $ 5.60 a

bar and not that many people buy. It took two years at least before it started

selling well and now it's repeat business. They are 7 oz. bars so they are

pretty good sized but I just can't seem to get the price much lower than that,

yet I see other soaps out there retailing for $ 2.50 to $ 3.00 per bar. I have

several times come close to quitting on the soap and just selling lotions

because they do so well, then I always hear from someone telling me they

wouldn't be able to find the quality anywhere else and it inspires me to keep

plugging away at it. I would say there are very different levels of competition

and very different levels of quality. From just my own personal experience, the

people that buy my soaps are now understanding the different levels of quality

and that seems to help. I even get asked at Christmas time to custom make bars

for people and they are willing to pay alot more when it's for gifts. But I have

to admit, when I see those low priced bars out there and they are sitting next

to mine on a shelf, to an average consumer it would look like one was just way

over priced. Yet I have tried many times to make a really good bar for less

money and I am personally never satisfied with the way they come out. The end

results on the skin are just never as satisfying.

Thanks for letting me chime in,